Tag Archives: For kids

My 5 favorite things about Tanzania (a post for your kids)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Guest blogger in Partnerships, Stories

On this blog, we’ve had a variety of guest bloggers in the past — Mark Hall from Casting Crowns; Josh Loveless from Relevant Magazine; Reneé Stearns, wife of World Vision president Rich Stearns; and Adam Jeske from InterVarsity. But we’ve never had a guest blogger quite like this one. He’s a newcomer to the blogging world, a well-respected teacher to many, and a lover of God’s children and kingdom. He’s known to be a bit of a health addict, a vegetarian, really big on going green. A believer in diversity of friendships, the company he enjoys comes in all shapes and sizes — a bit beyond the garden-variety, if we can say so. Although he’s become quite the movie star,...

International Youth Day: 6 youth changing our world

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Advocacy, Causes

Change our world — that’s this year’s International Youth Day theme. It seems more than appropriate in a year of ongoing economic struggle, debt ceilings, radiation leaks and famines. And there are issues of injustice that fail to make headlines but distress so many people — child abuse, abduction and trafficking, school drop-outs because of forced labor or need for income, neglect of children and youth, and an apparent lack of youth voice. But there are youth out there advocating against such injustices, making real differences in their communities, and changing our world for good. This post is a reminder, on International Youth Day, that youth are to believed in because through them, great things are possible. Don’t let anyone...

Prayers for Japan from around the world

Posted on June 10, 2011 by World Vision field communicators in Child Sponsorship, Disaster Relief

Sponsored children in Bangladesh express love for their sponsors in Japan. ©2011 World Vision

Three months ago on Saturday, a deadly earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan killed more than 14,700 people, leaving the country’s northeastern coastline devastated. Our colleagues in Japan have spent the weeks and months following the disaster organizing and implementing a full response plan, supported by the World Vision global partnership. As part of an international initiative to encourage quake survivors and those involved in relief efforts, children around the world who are supported by World Vision sponsors in Japan send their love and prayers. Children and sponsors in Japan’s tsunami zone have since received drawings, cards, and origami art messages from sponsored children in El Salvador, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mongolia, Kenya, China, and Ethiopia. This post is a collection...

A gazillion steps away

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Guest blogger in Child Sponsorship, Stories

An illustration from inside "African Heartbeat". ©2011 World Vision

Though my children are getting old for picture books, I can still talk them into snuggling with me on the couch every now and again to read with me. And if I’m really lucky, the kids will ask me to read them a bedtime story. When I got African Heartbeat from World Vision by Barb Christing, I made sure that I gathered up the kids and sat down for......